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Navajo Weapon - The Navajo Code Talkers

By: Rio Nuevo Publishers

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Rio Nuevo)

Last Stocked on 10/30/2018

Product Info

Title
Navajo Weapon - The Navajo Code Talkers
Category
Author
Sally McClain
Publish Year
2002
Pages
304
Dimensions
6x9x.75"
NKG Part #
2147480154
Type
Softcover

Description

The Navajo language-notoriously difficult to translate under the best circumstances-proved an ideal top-secret medium for confounding the Japanese in World War II and transmitting combat intelligence quickly and accurately. It was the only code that the Japanese were never able to crack. Using first-person accounts, correspondence and Marine Corps documents, this remarkable story tells how Navajo code talkers worked together to create a unique ""code-within-a-code,"" and serve their country in dangerous combat situations-a daring achievement that remained secret for twenty-four years.